What is the most stupid thing the Government has ever said. One item per post please. I will start

In the cold war children in schools were told that if they see an atomic flash the should duck down and cover threir head with some clothing or such
like. They even had film clips to show you how to do it.

"There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know.”

"Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change --I want to
continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what the American people expect." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 5,
2008

"I'm the commander......see, I don't need to explain..... I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being
president." - George W. Bush as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

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